Optimization of nicotinamide and riboflavin in the biodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene using response surface methodology

Introduction: Dibenzothiophene (DBT) is a sulfuric compound and resistant to Hydrodesulfurization process.Rhodococcuserythropolis R1, a previously isolated bacterial strain, is capable to bioconversion of DBT to 2-hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP).Materials and methods: The effect of nicotinamide (precursor o...

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Main Authors: Hossein Saber, Zahra Etemadifar *, Peyman Derikvand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Isfahan 2013-01-01
Series:Biological Journal of Microorganism
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Online Access:http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/bjm/browse.php?a_id=65&slc_lang=en&sid=1&ftxt=1